Only hours after assuming control of the deeply troubled country in a bloody coup, members of the United Deliverance Front admitted Monday that they might have made a “huge mistake” by seizing power in Zambia.

“After months of combat, the United Deliverance Front has this morning taken command of one of Africa’s most beleaguered nations, installing itself as the supreme ruler over 11 million desperate, ailing, and angry citizens,” UDF leader and new head of state Uwimana Kowrt said. “Dear Jesus, what the hell were we thinking?”